FILM
Arrugas / Wrinkles
U- Ignacio Ferreras
- In Spanish
- 90 mins
Showing as part of ¡Viva! 18th Spanish and Latin American Film Festival
Based on Paco Roca´s award-winning comic, Wrinkles is a funny and sensitive animation portraying the friendship between two elderly residents in a care home. New arrival Emilio, who has recently been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, is given valuable advice by well-meaning trickster Miguel to help him get the better of the doctors and keep his independence for as long as possible.
Staff Review
Want to know if Arrugas is for you? Read our staff review from Cornerhouse Digital Reporter Kevin Danson here.
More Info
Cast: Álvaro Guevara, Tacho González, Mabel Rivera
Country: Spain
Year: 2011
Subtitles: Full English
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Last shown
Last shown at Cornerhouse on Wed 7th Mar 2012
REVIEWS
“An outstanding film” El País
“A joy, a joy, a joy, I have seen the best film in San Sebastian. It´s funny, it´s sad, it´s sweet, it´s heartbreaking. It´s got to come to the UK. It´s brilliant” Peter Bradshaw, Microvideo Blog
“...easily one of the better films to emerge from San Sebastian this year.” Screen International
“It’s funny, it’s sad, it’s sweet, it’s heartbreaking. It’s brilliant!” The Guardian
“Moving, without ever falling into the easy discourse of sentimentality. A work of great beauty” Koldo Landaluze, Gara
“Arrugas imaginatively and sensitively explores one of the major issues confronting most of the developed world: how to look after senior citizens in a rapidly aging population” The Hollywood Reporter
